The Katcha-Kadugli of Sudan

The Katcha-Kadugli of Sudan, numbering approximately 97,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Sudan. They are an Indigenous people, in the Nuba Mountains people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Islam - Sunni. They primarily speak Katcha-Kadugli-Miri.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples
Country: Sudan
People Cluster: Nuba Mountains
Primary Language(s): Katcha-Kadugli-Miri (xtc)
Primary Religion(s): Islam - Sunni
Population: 97,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG012053
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Islam - Sunni
Religious Affiliation: Islam

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Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Katcha-Kadugli-Miri
Language Family: Kadugli-Krongo

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Next steps for the Katcha-Kadugli

The Katcha-Kadugli are Unengaged and Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

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Next steps for the Katcha-Kadugli

The Katcha-Kadugli are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

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Next steps for the Katcha-Kadugli

The Katcha-Kadugli are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

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Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

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Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off.
readRomans 11:22

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Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
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Pray that those who are searching for a way to God and desiring truth will encounter the good news of eternal life and accept it.

And Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven."
readMatthew 16:17

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will abide in Him and have assurance that He is the Christ, the Son of the Living God.

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
read2 Peter 3:9

Pray that those God sends to cross cultures will patiently endure hardships as they share the gospel, knowing that the Lord is not slow to fulfill His promise.

Katcha-Kadugli-Miri (ROP3 - 104725) reported in the following countries:

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